1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 and 20 September 1969.

Medalists

Gold	Mikhail Zhelev Bulgaria
Silver	Aleksandr Morozov Soviet Union
Bronze	Vladimiras Dudinas Soviet Union

Results

Final

20 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mikhail Zhelev	Bulgaria	8:25.02	CR NR
	Aleksandr Morozov	Soviet Union	8:25.57
	Vladimiras Dudinas	Soviet Union	8:26.6
4	Georgi Tikhov	Bulgaria	8:27.2
5	Jean-Paul Villain	France	8:33.4
6	Arne Risa	Norway	8:34.4
7	Kazimierz Maranda	Poland	8:34.6
8	Gerry Stevens	Great Britain	8:36.6
9	Jean-Pierre Ouine	France	8:39.6
10	Wolfgang Luers	Poland	8:46.6
11	Bengt Persson	Sweden	8:56.1
12	Hans Menet	Switzerland	9:02.6

Heats

18 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vladimiras Dudinas	Soviet Union	8:43.8	Q
2	Arne Risa	Norway	8:44.0	Q
3	Georgi Tikhov	Bulgaria	8:44.4	Q
4	Jean-Pierre Ouine	France	8:44.5	Q
5	Wolfgang Luers	Poland	8:45.6	Q
6	Hans Menet	Switzerland	8:47.2	Q
7	John Jackson	Great Britain	8:48.4
8	Pavel Sysoyev	Soviet Union	8:54.8
9	Eddy Van Butsele	Belgium	9:04.6
10	Stanisław Śmitkowski	Poland	9:07.4

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Aleksandr Morozov	Soviet Union	8:44.4	Q
2	Gerry Stevens	Great Britain	8:45.4	Q
3	Mikhail Zhelev	Bulgaria	8:45.6	Q
4	Kazimierz Maranda	Poland	8:48.0	Q
5	Jean-Paul Villain	France	8:50.0	Q
6	Bengt Persson	Sweden	8:51.0	Q
7	Gheorghe Cefan	Romania	8:58.2
8	Toni Feldmann	Switzerland	9:01.2
9	Umberto Risi	Italy	9:03.2

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Bulgaria (2)
• France (2)
• Italy (1)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (3)
• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Sweden (1)
• Switzerland (2)
• Great Britain (2)